Lettre d'une Inconnue, 1992
Scope and Contents
This work consists of 15 sheets, 17.9 x 81.2 cm conjoined to form a single scroll backed with purple cotton fabric. It is read as a continous work from top to bottom and printed with conventional typography (14-point Times Roman). The handmade lead storage container is decorated with gold wire. Mutel states that the lead box is about memory and inside the box we can find the whole life of the unknown woman going and going like a river. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Dates
- Creation: 1992
Creator
- Mutel, Didier, 1971- (Person)
Extent
1 item (1 book object) : 1 scroll (paper, fabric, printed) in case (lead, gold wire) ; 1281 x 18 cm (scroll), 22 x 12 cm (case)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Original Sackner Archive Location
1st floor bedro
Custodial History
The Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, gift of Ruth and Marvin A. Sackner and the Sackner Family Partnership.
Materials Specific Details
Published: Paris, France : Didier Mutel. Signed by: [Didier] Mutel (b.c.). Nationality of creator: French. Copies: 58 copies of 70 total copies. 45 number copy.
Processing Information
Added by: RED; updated by: MARVIN.
Source
- Zweig, Stefan, 1881-1942 (Author, Person)
Genre / Form
Repository Details
Part of the The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry Repository
125 W. Washington St.
Main Library
Iowa City Iowa 52242 United States
319-335-5921